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Startup

521 objects in the archive · 520 ranked picks

Postmortems, revenue reports and build-in-public notes from founders

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  1. 1
    I Just Hit $100k/year On GitHub Sponsors
    calebporzio.com2020–20222 submissionsHN thread
    1,762 pts
    573 cmts
  2. 2
    JetBrains: $270M revenue, 405K paying users, $0 raised
    twitter.com20191 submissionHN thread
    1,168 pts
    662 cmts
  3. 3
    My startup failed, and this is what it feels like
    medium.com20141 submissionHN thread
    1,084 pts
    252 cmts
  4. 4
    Thank HN: From Google form to $1k in revenue in one month
    blog.oldgeekjobs.com20161 submissionHN thread
    1,071 pts
    247 cmts
  5. 5
    Indie Hackers: Learn how developers are making money
    indiehackers.com20161 submissionHN thread
    971 pts
    184 cmts
  6. 6
    A startup’s Firebase bill suddenly increased from $25 to $1750 per month
    medium.com20171 submissionHN thread
    952 pts
    497 cmts
  7. 7
    RethinkDB Postmortem
    github.com20171 submissionHN thread
    948 pts
    267 cmts
  8. 8
    GitLab Made $10.5M in Revenue with Every Employee Working from Home
    inc.com20181 submissionHN thread
    833 pts
    418 cmts
  9. 9
    Jemalloc Postmortem
    jasone.github.io20251 submissionHN thread
    801 pts
    233 cmts
  10. 10
    Sriracha hit revenue of $150M a year with no sales team or ad spend
    twitter.com20211 submissionHN thread
    799 pts
    469 cmts
  11. 11
    Growing a company that sells miniature construction supplies to $17k a month
    starterstory.com20181 submissionHN thread
    740 pts
    275 cmts
  12. 12
    My 2 Year Journey to $10K MRR
    bannerbear.com20211 submissionHN thread
    654 pts
    110 cmts
  13. 13
    Why I turned down $500K and shut down my startup
    medium.com20161 submissionHN thread
    648 pts
    175 cmts
  14. 14
    How I Built a $5K a Month Side Project
    campfirelabs.co20191 submissionHN thread
    647 pts
    239 cmts
  15. 15
    “It’s done, there is no way back. We tried, we failed”
    kickstarter.com20151 submissionHN thread
    645 pts
    374 cmts
  16. 16
    Ticketmaster admits it hacked Songkick before it went out of business
    arstechnica.com20211 submissionHN thread
    633 pts
    318 cmts
  17. 17
    Instapainting – From $4k in debt to $32k/mo in passive revenue with no employees
    indiehackers.com20161 submissionHN thread
    627 pts
    269 cmts
  18. 18
    I am (not) a failure: Lessons learned from six failed startup attempts
    blog.rongarret.info20251 submissionHN thread
    547 pts
    313 cmts
  19. 19
    How We built a $1M ARR open source SaaS
    plausible.io20221 submissionHN thread
    522 pts
    106 cmts
  20. 20
    SubmitHub: how a solo founder built a $46k/mo SaaS business in 10 months
    indiehackers.com20161 submissionHN thread
    517 pts
    121 cmts
  21. 21
    Autopsy: Lessons from Failed Startups
    autopsy.io20151 submissionHN thread
    493 pts
    186 cmts
  22. 22
    Etsy accused me of not assembling my synths by hand and shut down my shop
    wtfbyrne.tumblr.com20131 submissionHN thread
    482 pts
    151 cmts
  23. 23
    Postmortem: Every Frame a Painting
    medium.com2017–20193 submissionsHN thread
    479 pts
    121 cmts
  24. 24
    The Rise and Fall of the Lone Game Developer
    jeffwofford.com20151 submissionHN thread
    471 pts
    176 cmts
  25. 25
    Passive Income Hacker vs Startup Guy
    edu.mkrecny.com20131 submissionHN thread
    466 pts
    258 cmts
  26. 26
    My startup failed, then I found out I was unemployable
    davesullivan.is20211 submissionHN thread
    460 pts
    595 cmts
  27. 27
    6 months in and $1k MRR: my biggest mistakes so far
    lunchbag.ca20201 submissionHN thread
    454 pts
    161 cmts
  28. 28
    Why I'm donating $150/month (10% of my income) to the musl Libc project (2019)
    andrewkelley.me20211 submissionHN thread
    447 pts
    158 cmts
  29. 29
    Creative Tim: Growing a side project into a $17k/month business
    indiehackers.com20161 submissionHN thread
    445 pts
    139 cmts
  30. 30
    Storemapper: Bootstrapped to $50k/year in 2 years
    tylertringas.com20141 submissionHN thread
    434 pts
    58 cmts
  31. 31
    Helium has revenues of $6.5k/month after $365M investment from A16Z
    twitter.com20221 submissionHN thread
    414 pts
    325 cmts
  32. 32
    Lessons learned from a failing local mall
    strongtowns.org20181 submissionHN thread
    412 pts
    209 cmts
  33. 33
    Growing Our SaaS to $1M+ ARR: 7 People, 3 Years, No VC Money
    medium.com20181 submissionHN thread
    411 pts
    146 cmts
  34. 34
    RethinkDB: why we failed (2017)
    defmacro.org2017–20212 submissionsHN thread
    408 pts
    231 cmts
  35. 35
    The Rise and Fall of the OLAP Cube (2020)
    holistics.io2020–20212 submissionsHN thread
    405 pts
    144 cmts
  36. 36
    DrawAFish.com Postmortem
    aldenhallak.com20251 submissionHN thread
    390 pts
    104 cmts
  37. 37
    We bootstrapped to $11M in ARR
    blog.thinkst.com20211 submissionHN thread
    387 pts
    217 cmts
  38. 38
    AWS Service Disruption Post Mortem
    aws.amazon.com20111 submissionHN thread
    385 pts
    101 cmts
  39. 39
    A postmortem of three recent issues
    anthropic.com20251 submissionHN thread
    381 pts
    116 cmts
  40. 40
    Lessons learned from my failed startup after 2 years, 300 users and 0 revenue
    sergioschuler.com20131 submissionHN thread
    380 pts
    159 cmts
  41. 41
    How we built a $1M ARR SaaS startup
    canny.io20201 submissionHN thread
    379 pts
    118 cmts
  42. 42
    New York Times Co. Reports $24M Profit, Thanks to Digital Subscribers
    nytimes.com20181 submissionHN thread
    361 pts
    329 cmts
  43. 43
    I turned down $500k, pissed off my investors, and shut down my startup (2016)
    disruptingjapan.com20221 submissionHN thread
    361 pts
    143 cmts
  44. 44
    BuiltWith: $14M ARR, no employees
    5to9.beehiiv.com20221 submissionHN thread
    360 pts
    175 cmts
  45. 45
    The Rise and Fall of Commercial Smalltalk
    wirfs-brock.com2020–20212 submissionsHN thread
    350 pts
    252 cmts
  46. 46
    Two Stories of Passive Income Excess
    x.myles.io20131 submissionHN thread
    348 pts
    123 cmts
  47. 47
    The Rise and Fall of Silicon Graphics
    abortretry.fail20241 submissionHN thread
    346 pts
    365 cmts
  48. 48
    Today my startup failed
    chrishateswriting.com20141 submissionHN thread
    342 pts
    128 cmts
  49. 49
    Actix project postmortem
    github.com20201 submissionHN thread
    338 pts
    397 cmts
  50. 50
    I earned $160k in passive income from writing non-fiction books
    greglim81.medium.com20221 submissionHN thread
    337 pts
    224 cmts